This and That 06-08-09

Published 7:00 pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009

RHONDA BUIE will play her violin Tuesday for the Texas Reading Club at Unger Library. For rising second graders and older, the free summer reading program is held from 10-11 a.m. each weekday during June on the first floor of the library. The concurrent Read-to-Me Club is held in the basement for 4-6 year olds.

TWO AREA students were among those receiving degrees from Baylor University during three spring commencement exercises on May 15-16 in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus in Waco.

Kara Lauren Barnes of Tulia graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science in biology.

Patrick Blaine Smith of Plainview received a bachelor of business in accounting and a master of accountancy.

STONEBRIDGE Fellowship Church will have an "Island Adventure" Vacation Bible School from 6-8:30 p.m. daily through Thursday at the Wayland Student Ministries Activities Building, Ninth and Utica. Children kindergarten through fifth grade are invited.

PHS CLASS of 1979 is looking for classmates for a school reunion July 10-11 at the Elks Club. For information call Kim Mannin at 685-8259 or Kyla Alexander at 292-5191.

20TH ANNUAL Fiesta Campesina will be July 26 at Broadway Park. Vendor booths are available. Call Rey or Sylvia at 291-0460.

THE OASIS CHURCH,3400 Garland in Westgate, has partnered with Angel Food Ministries, a national non-profit organization, to help stretch food dollars. The menu changes monthly, but always includes first quality products, packaged frozen with no government commodities. The regular box can feed a family of four for about one week or a single senior citizen for almost a month. Additional and optional packages are available.

Orders and payments are due Friday. Cash and money orders only (made payable to The Oasis Church). Distribution is 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 27. Call 293-4356.

BBVA COMPASS Bank, 2802 Olton Road, will host a blood drive from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Donors will have a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card. For an appointment call Silvia Perez at 293-9661.

PLAINVIEW Masonic Lodge is selling tickets for a chance to win a 1995 Lincoln Continental, valued at $2,000 (tax, title and license fees are winner's responsibility). Only 150 tickets will be sold for $20 each or six for $100. Drawing will be July 4. Proceeds benefit Masonic charities. Purchase tickets at County Line Auto, 1001 N. Columbia, or call 292-4545.

"BOOMERANG Express" Vacation Bible School will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. June 14-18 at College Heights Baptist Church, 802 Quincy. Kindergartners through sixth graders are invited. Call 293-3644.

THE SIXTH ANNUAL Theater Camp will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 15-19 at PHS. Registration and auditions are at 7 p.m. June 14 at the PHS theater, 16th and Quincy. Children kindergarten through eighth grade can participate. Camp is $50 per student. For information e-mail ambrli@hotmail.com

PROVIDER'S PANTRY food boxes can be ordered until Friday at College Heights Baptist Church, 802 Quincy. Lone Star Cards are accepted. Get $60 of food for $30. Call 293-3644 for more information or go to www.collegeheightsbaptistchurch.org and click on the Provider Pantry logo to see the menu.

THE 11TH ANNUALWoodystock Camp-Out Benefit Concert will be held June 12-14 at Lake Mackenzie near Silverton. The event benefits area children who have been burn victims. This year's beneficiaries are 10-year-old Kirsten Ellis of Lubbock and 10-year-old Levi Cantrell of Odessa.

Woodystock features more than a dozen bands with music starting at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Saturday activities include swimming, boating, horseshoes, live auctions, 50/50 drawings, fishing contests and kids' games. The public is asked to bring any type of item for Saturday's silent auction. There is no charge, but lake entry fee is $3 per person. Call Chelsea Holloway at 806-535-5234 or Todd Holly at 806-787-6307.

MEMORIAL balloons, to be released June 20 during the Barrio Reunion, are available at Kan Del's, 605 Amarillo, for $1 each. Call Elvia Higgins at 288-0256 for information.

VOLUNTEER drivers are being recruited for Road to Recovery, an American Cancer Society program that provides free rides to cancer patients to and from treatment. Anyone who has a good driving record and a serviceable vehicle can participate. Drivers can be reimbursed for mileage. Training will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. June 23 at Llano Estacado Museum on the Wayland campus. Call ACS at 792-7128 to RSVP or for more information.

THE YMCA SAFE Camp, to be held through July 31, is accepting registration for children 5-12 years old. Cost is $42 a week, which includes all activities, field trips and a T-shirt. The week of June 22 campers will be taking a field trip to the Discovery Center in Amarillo. Call the Y at 293-8319.